Offers a brief introduction to the life and times of frontiersman James Beckwourth, discussing his efforts to save his family from Native American raids, how he became a Crow war chief, why Beckwourth Pass is named after him, and other related topics
Includes bibliographical references (page 31) and index
Blackfeet battle -- Childhood -- Missouri -- St. Louis -- Mountain man -- The Crow -- The Seminole wars -- The Cheyenne -- California and war -- Beckwourth Pass -- The book -- Growing old -- Remembering Beckwourth